Excerpts from the Internets

Have you seen those new Taco Bell commercials? They go kind of like: "Hey Jim, how was lunch at Taco Bell?" "Hmm, well if I were to eat another bite, it would be positively grotesque!" Jim is but the first of a series of people leaping up from sofas, standing on car hoods, etc., all shouting "I'm FULL!" or some synonymous expression. Obviously, somewhere in the domain of Taco Bell, the people's anguished cries have reached the ear of the king.

The messenger kneels: "My liege, your people complain bitterly of an emptiness within. They also want to shop without getting out of their cars."

The king strokes his beard with his glove. "They shall eat tacos, and they shall know peace."

- David Hellman, A Lesson Is Learned

Findings

Novel Advice

Also:
hamburger . ubuntu . labyrinth . rejection . de-noted . grimm . virus

XKCD

This stuff always manages to make me laugh. I'm a nerd like that.

http://xkcd.com/

Another One Bites the Dust

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I utterly agree. Shotgun entrances even manage to completely beat out grenade entrances, if you can believe that.

In other news, I have now discovered the Firefox Facebook toolbar add-on, which is completely convenient, as well as Firefox's NASA Night Launch theme, which finally works for Firefox 3.0. This makes me very happy.

In addition to these, Mozilla is apparently working in tandem with Adaptive Path (the designers of MySpace's revamp/relaunch) in order to develop Aurora, a very interesting web browsing application. You should go see the concept videos, episodes one and two (more are on their way).

Browsing

Just finished going through the archives of the Zebra Girl webcomics. It's really interesting to see the difference between the older and the newer comics - the artist has really come a long ways in terms of storytelling, layout, and detail skills. I totally approve, and look forward to seeing more from him.

I continue to like the playlist I made in this post. Listen to it on random, and it is good.

I added a new wish on the Corrupted Wish boards:

I wish I had a free wish, with no consequences but those which I dictate.

The response:

define consequences:
the physical, social, psychological or emotional effects of a behavior.

Wish granted. You make your second wish. You dictate positive consequences as one would expect. You're living the dream, and everything seems great... Then one day you develop low-self esteem and become self-mutilating. From that day on you live the most terrible and miserable life anyone has ever lived, because now, you dictate negative consequences.

I wish I could see the eye of a tornado and be untouched.

(one a side note, I think paradoxical wishes are awesome. It takes a whole lot more thought to try and corrupt a wish that seems incorruptible. I would like to know what exactly jcroxmisox would have wished for the second wish.)

My response in turn:

Wouldn't you like to know? ;P

Lawl

More Repose

I'm just kicking back at the beachouse now. Bought some books, watching TV, witnessed and photographed another awesome sunset (I'll post pics later). Right now I want to watch a movie online; the only problem is that we're piggybacked off of a neighbor's WiFi, and the bandwidth isn't nearly what I'm used to.

Ah, I suffer immensely for my entertainment. Insert self-rebuking snicker here. :D

Simplicity in Comedy

This comic makes me giggle.

Exhibit A:



Exhibit B:



Also, I very much love this guy's sense of humor. I find myself laughing at his ditties entirely too much.

Up Too Late For My Own Good

I'm not gonna lie, I am in adoration of this comic. The art style is flawlessly consistent and a nice read, and the story is totally enjoyable, even if you haven't seen the shows (which I have). Go see!

http://www.seeqpod.com/

Tablature

This is a manga called DeathNote.
This is the fantasy webcomics section of the webcomic library.
This is a fantasy comic.
This is where I want to go on my vacation.
This is a parkour vid.
This is a freerunning vid.
This is a webcomic I was going to explore and forgot to.
This is a page that tells you if you need a passport to get into the Bahamas.

This is for this summer. Or maybe I'll just get a job.

Trying New Things

I don't usually like anime or manga, and avoid it whenever possible (with the exception of the American anime Avatar). However this Death Note is actually rather well-drawn, with a fantastic lack of chibi characters at emotional or "punchline" moments. Storyline is interesting as well.

"Proceed With Gravy"

I believe they're having a deep and philosophical discussion about the consistencies between Greek and Roman mythology.

Obviously.

Also, the Buttercup Festival has played temporary havoc with my sense of humor.

On a side note, I need to remember to ask Michel about this.